There’s liquidity in the economy, that’s why Kwacha is under pressure – Nkhoma
ECONOMIST Noel Nkhoma says the excess liquidity in the economy is what is putting the Kwacha under pressure against major currencies like the US dollar. Nkhoma says the recent interventions by the Bank of Zambia are, however, meant to mop out that excess liquidity. Last week, the Bank of Zambia revised the statutory reserve ratio…...
Sean Tembo fails to take plea in insulting HH case
PEP leader Sean Tembo has failed to take plea before the Lusaka Magistrates’ Court in a matter in which he is charged with the use of insulting language against President Hakainde Hichilema. In this matter, Tembo is facing two counts of using insulting language contrary to Section 179 of the Penal Code Chapter 87 of…...
Schools are ready to reopen on Feb 12 – Syakalima
EDUCATION Minister Douglas Syakalima says he is impressed with the hygiene standards in the schools he has inspected so far, noting that the schools are ready for reopening on February 12. And Syakalima says during the 10 years PF was in power, politics played a major role in the school system. Speaking when he toured…...
Parley Committee hears how Infratel irregularly paid K681,263 to professional bodies
THE Committee on Parastatal Bodies has heard that Infratel Corporation Limited irregularly paid K681,263 to professional bodies for 58 officers, when it was not in their conditions of service. In the latest Auditor General’s report, amounts totaling K681,263 were paid to various professional bodies in respect of 58 officers as annual subscription fees. However, it…...
HH appoints DEC deputy DG, makes changes to service commissions
PRESIDENT Hakainde Hichilema has appointed Dr Choolwe Benyani as Civil Service Commission Chairperson. The President has also appointed Beatrice Liluya Mpanga as Deputy Director General of the Drug Enforcement Commission. In a statement yesterday, State House Chief Communications Specialist Clayson Hamasaka disclosed that President Hichilema had appointed Ronald Hichibulo as a member of the Teaching…...
Pamodzi Hotel defends itself: Client personally requested to be served by Musonda
PAMODZI Hotels has told the Lusaka High Court that Charity Njelesani’s claims that she was sexually harassed during a massage session by its employee are unfounded and calculated to deceive and defraud it. Pamodzi Hotels has submitted in its defence that Njelesani personally requested for its Masseur, Kenneth Musonda, to massage her while stating that…...
Small buses will be removed from the road to tackle congestion – Tayali
TRANSPORT and Communications Minister Frank Tayali says government will soon remove smaller buses from the roads in order to ease congestion in most roads in Lusaka. And Tayali says the exchange rate has gotten to where it is today because the previous administration failed to resolve issues at KCM and Mopani. Speaking when he featured…...
PF has no obligation to explain how it used the K200,000 from presidential aspirants – Lubinda
EDGAR Lungu-led PF faction vice president, Given Lubinda, says the K200, 000 application fee that was paid by PF presidential aspirants is non-refundable. And Lubinda has revealed that the party brought back former president Lungu to lead it because of his leadership qualities, and not his money. Meanwhile, Lubinda has wondered why UPND would claim…...
Govt appreciates that times are hard – Haimbe
JUSTICE Minister Mulambo Haimbe says government appreciates that times are hard, adding that no one can bury their head in the sand and pretend that such things don’t exist. And Haimbe says there is no viable opposition in the country at the moment. Speaking when he featured on Prime TV’s Oxygen of Democracy programme, Haimbe…...
Zambians know we completely ended cholera – PF
PF faction Secretary General Raphael Nakacinda has dismissed the notion that this season’s cholera outbreak can be attributed to former president Edgar Lungu’s policies. Nakacinda says Zambians know that the Patriotic Front completely ended cholera during their tenure. Earlier this week, Local Government and Rural Development Minister Gary Nkombo highlighted the increase in unplanned structures…...